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Scientific paper
Aug 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976natur.262..561t&link_type=abstract
Nature, vol. 262, Aug. 12, 1976, p. 561-563. NSF-supported research.
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Climatology, Interstellar Gas, Radiation Hazards, Solar System, Density Wave Model, Earth Atmosphere, Galactic Structure, Mass Transfer, Particle Flux Density, Solar Corpuscular Radiation, Solar Wind, Spiral Galaxies, Synoptic Meteorology
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Several processes which might cause significant changes in the climate of the earth and other planets when the Solar System encounters regions of dense interstellar clouds as the compression zone of the galactic density wave passes the sun are examined. In particular, the possible effects of compression of the solar wind cavity, accretion of interstellar matter by the sun, and particulate input into the earth's atmosphere are considered. The most likely result of the accretion of dust by the atmosphere would be cooling; precipitation might also be affected through an increase in nucleation sites. Compression of the solar wind cavity and accretion by the sun might lead to the increased penetration of hazardous radiation in addition to climatic stress.
Butler Dixon M.
Newman Michael J.
Talbot Raymond J. Jr.
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